Ryan Hunter, right, puts pepperoni on a pizza as Lee Kinzer, co-owner of the at Newport Pizza Company restaurant and co-coordinator of the Taste of Newport, prepares the crust.

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Karen Meiman
Enquirer contributor

When hungry people head to Newport, they are more inclined to steer to the river and Newport on the Levee, a group of restaurant owners believe.

This weekend, those individuals will be granted their wish to offer a more diverse taste of their town to the public. City officials will shut down three blocks of Monmouth Street to highlight some of Newport's finest chef creations from inside its city limits.

Mokka French toast, shrimp tacos, steak tacos, bootlegger turkey, Baklava and pot roast, goetta, and bison sliders are just a sampling of the flavors restaurant owners will bring to the city ...